#BE51E2#BE51E2

#BE51E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.224 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE51E2
RGB	rgb(190, 81, 226)
HSL	hsl(285, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(285, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 64.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.37, 64.71, -54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.37, 84.74, 319.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% 0.1628 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.224 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9031, 22.3245, 74.2492)
Luminance	0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE51E2 #75E251

analogous

#7551E2 #BE51E2 #E251BE

triadic

#BE51E2 #E2BE51 #51E2BE

tetradic

#BE51E2 #E27551 #75E251 #51BEE2

square

#BE51E2 #E27551 #75E251 #51BEE2

split-complementary

#BE51E2 #BEE251 #51E275

monochromatic

#7D1A9E #A723D3 #BE51E2 #D285EB #E5BAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#BE51E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#BE51E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE51E2

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE51E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE51E2	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#187BE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5385DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be51e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 81, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.224 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d589ec',
    500: '#be51e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be51e2;
$custom-light: #d589ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be51e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.103,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63465,
    "c": 0.22371,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE51E2

secondary

#B9E3AC

accent

#D31242

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE51E2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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